Background and purpose: In recent years, dust storms have affected many regions in Iran including Kurdistan province. Along with dust other pollutants such as heavy metals may also be transferred which pose a risk to human health. The purpose of this study was to determine heavy metals concentrations in atmospheric PM10 in Sanandaj, Iran and also assessing their health risk on the staff and stu...

Background and Objectives: The dust pollution in the air of cities is one of the environmental problems in the western and southwestern regions of Iran, which can have many effects on the environment and human life. The purpose of this study is the assessment of dust pollution, the effect of climatic parameters on it and the field of view in the southwestern regions of Iran. Methods: In this st...

Introduction: Climatic components are the vital factors influencing the dust event. It was believed that changes in climate parameters play a crucial role in the occurrence of dust events. Former studies have shown that temperature, rainfall, and wind speed contribute to poor vegetation, providing requirements of dust events. Long-term dust data indicated that climate has a profound effect on d...

Background and Objective: Air pollution is one of the most important environmental risk factors that exposure to it can cause many acute and chronic effects on human health. Some regions of Iran, especially the western, southern and southeastern provinces of the country, have been affected with dust storm for years. Studies on the frequencies of dusty days in the country show that central pits ...

Background and purpose: Dust storms can transfer particulate pollutants to long distances, and in some cases, to thousands of kilometers from their source. These dust storms can carry very large volumes of bioaerosols such as fungal species which are the causes of respiratory infections and allergies. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of dust storms on transmission of fungal ...

1- Introduction Sand storms are the most important environmental issues in the special zones of the world. Dust storm called to an event that lead to disturbance winds and by moving a lot of dust to the air, decreases the horizontal sight to 1000 m. this phenomenon influenced by special atmospheric condition that every year have serious damages to farms, installations, roads, traffic and tran...